New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 FURNAGE TRAGEDY | BRITISH SCHOONER RAIDE, AT SEA, THEN IS LEFT T0 DRIFT AT MERCY OF OCEAN' VICTIN'S LIFE 1§ " BEING GONE OVER Prosecutor Hopes fo <Prove, Definitely Either Murder or Suicide Theories | —— | 16 YEAR OLD SON SITS CALMLY AT THE FUNERAL Youth Who Made Discovery But| Told No One, Acts Strangely While Other Members of Family Are Bowed With Grief—County Prosecutor Refuses To Believe That. Woman Took Her Own Life Columbus, O., Nov. 20.—In a de- | termined effort to piece together all the loose threads in the domestic life of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, wife of the Rev. C. V. Sheatsley, pastor of one of the leading churches of the | hionable Dexley suburb, whose cremated body was found In the | furnace of the Sheatsley home Mon- day evening, so that it might be as- | certained whether the mystery of her death Is finally to be established ! as suicide or murder, County Prose- | cutor John R. King carrled his'in-| vestigation today into the circle ot | the dead woman's blood relatives, | To Trace Whole Life City Detective | Harry Carson, Mr. King left for| Faris, home of Mrs, Sheatsley's mother near Canton, early today to | go over with the aged mother thp]‘ life history of the daughtér from in- | fancy down through the intervening | ears to her marriage with Mr.| Sheatsley and the domestic relations | in the Sheatsicy home up to the| time of the daughter's tragic death. | 'The aged mother made her home | with her daughter for several years up until about a year ago., | By getting the life history of Mrs. Bheatsiey, Prosecutor King hopes to | be able to strengthen or completely | dispro theory advanced by | many and clung to by County Cor- | oner Murphy, while expressing the | belief Mrs, Sheatsley died by sulcide, | has not yet made his official finding.” Sure Jt Was Murder ‘l Mr. King, notwithstanding the cor- loner's theory of suicide, maintains | that Mrs. Sheatsley was a victim of fan! y shat it would have been imposaiste for her to enter the fur- nace with a bed of 1ive ‘coals in It, | and close the door behind her. While at Parts, Mr. King also ex- | pects to question brothers of the | dead woman to ascertain what light | they may throw on her life, | Still A Mystery | rme mamncr in which the body | of Mrs. Addle Sheatsley, 50, wWas| cremated wag as much a mystery to- day as v the charred bones were | found in the heating furnace of the | ¢amily home late Monday afternoon. Two days of investigation by County Prosecutor John R. King | atded by city detectives, has resulted in no clews, the prosccutor en- M’l“: dmvsnv-y js the most baffling| Rev. Sheatsley 13 g church in the Accompanied by in local history. pastor of the lead exclusive saburb. 1is wife was r;f a gentle nature and a by all | his congregation, neighbors test{fied. On the afternoon of the tragedy, the minister left home for the \Hyial“ 1:30 o'clock. He returned 44 find his wife's body a 'nf in the heating furnac Cor- y, after viewl the red a verdict of suicide. unwilling to an in- at Prosecutor King was peoept the verdict and b ation Lean to Murder View The theory that the woman might been gnurdered and her body info the flaming vault was| being er investigated today. Unwilling to belleve it possible for any person to cilmb through the| small door into the flames and sur-) vive Jong enough to ¢ the door behind, the prosecutor was emphatic | ip his declaration that the woman was If not mu ~d, ho | clings to the theory that her body | was cast into the frrnace by other after her suiel Fruneral Services have thr furt an- | and terday a Memorial services, brief simple, were'conducted ¥ Christ L edifice wa Upiversity, just a closed. Al ¢ missed Rev. C. front pew. pons and daughters grict were written on all thel —all but one Boy Strangely Calm ad crowded ' way, was been dis- ross the usses lLad V. Sheatsley occupled a With im W Traces of faces who Clarence, 16-vez fiest discovered the ghastly contents of the Rexley furnace--surmised that he was gazing upon the tuneral | pyre of his mpther and then held gue, preferring to “let some else make the find"—sat h thee mervice, face stonily his sisters, drenched the older| to them, srge of col- red not to Fllzabett sat at thelr cheeks and M f brot who sat scemed at times on Iapse Clare notire Rev slonary urged and Allee side Tears Milto x his ] t T the ve appea Charles Pflueger mis- preached the He congregation rally more wholeheartedly to the side of the pastor, to be “present faithfully when he etands In his pulplt, when | he p Slaster.” | sermor | and seaworthy, 11,000 {ered by the new his | @ | ures be'taker MISSING WEN MAY BE IN LABRADOR Friend of Nutting Thinks They May Be Studying Natives \SEARCH PROVES ~ PUTILE Two Ships Crulsing Coast of Labra- dor and Newfoundland Falls to Find Trace of Quartet—Friends Tells of Final Conversation, 8t. John's, N. F., Nov. search of the Newfoundland 20.—A and Labrador coast has falled to reveal a trace of the little auxillary sailing craft Leif Ericsson, fn which \\'l‘-‘ liam Washburn Nutting of New York and three companions set out last summer from Bergen, Norway follow the viking course to America. Two vessels that reached this port today after cruising down from northern Labrador, reported y had heard no news of the miesing explorers. The steamer Harmony of the Mor- avian Mission and the Newfoundland government mall steamer Sagona, the latter returning from {ts final trlp of the season, called at many of the bays and harbors along the coast between northern Lal and St. John's. The Lelf which salled from Reykjavik, Ice- land, early In August, was last re- ported at Jullanehaab, Greenland. The scout crulser Trenton, sent out by the 'U. B. navy department to search for her, recently returned to New York. Nutting's companions were Arthur K. Hildebrand, a writ- er; Yohn Todahl, a marine painter, rand a Norwegian writer whose name is net known. May Be In Labrador Halifax, Nov. 20.—William Wash- burn Nutting, whose motor yacht, the Leit Ericcson, has been unsuc- cessfully sought in North Atlantic waters, may be studying the natives of northern Labrador. This possible solution of the dis- | appearance of the New York news- paperman and his three companions w advanced today by Rufus W. t, of Goldenville, N. B., who talked with Nutting 1in Jullanh Greenland, two days before the Leif Ericsson was scheduled upon her perilous North voyage. Atlantic “Nutting told me” Sweet wrote to | the Halifax lcho, “that he intended to make for the northern part of Labrador and have a look at the natives on his way south. He planned to reach Nova Seotia early in Oc- tober.” In the event the men landed In northern Labrador, or possibly were picked up by outward whaler, Sweet belleved they would an be beyond the reach of wireless and be compelled to wait a conslderable time before getting in touch with the outer world. The Leif Ericeson was well bulit Sweet added Norwalk Opens Up New White Way With Par Norwalk Nov. new “white way"” m Hepower Jights, mally opened last night bation in which residents took part. Mayor Robins pressed itton that ‘turned on the {lin- Part of the section cov- lights takes in the section of Boston post road through this city. 20.— Norwalk's up of 52 was for- at a cele- 2,000 they | to set out | bound | CALIFORNIA FIGHT 1S ENDED AT LAST Waters Once Again Flow; Liner President Hard-| Through Aqueduct ing Answers S O §. — | Call and Gives Strand-iAGREEMENT I REACHED | | Ranchers Give up Possession of Wa- | ed Vessel Compass, And Supplies. terway on Promise That Settle- ment of Feud Will Be Taken up Immedintely, Steamer. —_—— w York, Nov. 20. President Harding rc offices of the U, 8. 1 that last evening she rendered as- sistance {o the British schooner | Veronica which had becn left in a welpless condition miles off { Cape Sable after a rald by liquor | pirates. The Prestdent Tarding, which will reach qu tine late tonight from Hamburg, reported that she had found the crew of the schooner | without knowledge of the vessel’ !position. The lifeboats had been smashed, the compass was missing, the chronometer broken and provi- slons for only two days were board. The Veronjca had b sea for six weeks and asked —The liner orted the here today to t er to Los Angeles, Callf., Nov, 20.—~The , |diverted into Owens lake last Sunday | Have Plundered Ship by a raiding party of Owens valley | Bllt Detai Are Lacking Alabama waste gates north of Lone | | Pine, Inyo county, were turned back | |early today, sald a dispatch to the| Wm Angeles Times, | | The ranchers' decision to abandon |their announced determination to| were sent or Los Angeles came to| | their terms was reached at a con- |the shores of Owens lake, during the | night. It was reach®d, sald the Times | resolution adopted last Tuesday by | the Los Angeles Clearing House as- | In promoting a settlement of the wa- | ter rights feud, providing the gates | Control gates were opened when‘\ |the ranchers decided to bring to a| with Los Angeles over diversion for city use of water the ranchers main- liner to request her owner, M. K.| About 100 overpowered city em- Warren of Hali send her a|ployes at the waste gates, drove | 1‘.1nnr }vrmn; gave the schooner a water into Owens lake. | compass. | The Los Anglese water supply was for ninety days was impounded be- | __|low where the acqueduct was cut. Hi-Jackers Are Believed to waters of the Lon Angeles Acqueduct | |ranchers who seized and opened the | Pending Arrival of the !"© their courso by the raiding party | Settlement Reached, | hold the gates open until state troops | !ference of leaders held at Keeler, on | | Despatch, as a direct result of the| soclation promising its co-operation | were closed declsion their long-standing dispute | tained was needcd for irrigation, | ‘tug. Before proceeding, the Presi-|them from the site and turned the not threatened, however, as enough | Answers SOS, Easthampton, N. Y., Nov. 20 The liner President Harding last SiiustionSiyashdraye | night answered a distress call of the| The Tanchers stated they would | British schooner Veromica. in|Temain on guard at the gates until troubla ahout 100 miles oft Cape St Militiamen were sent agatnst| Sable, according to a radiogram re- |!1€M. or until Los Angeles capitu- celved from steamer today lated they made elaborate prepara-| The schooner had no com |tlons for & long siege. | a working chronometer, All her| The city did not seek the use of | boats had been smashed and the | force in ejecting them, however, but | officers had no knowledge of their |INStead applied to courts for writs of position. The President Harding |®viction. | replenished the schooner's dimin-| Despite the lack of armed aggres- | fshing supply of provisions, gave the |5!Veness on elther side, the situation | vessel a compass and then de. Was described by observers as need- spatched a message to her owner, |iNg but little more to precipitate that M. K. Warren of Hallfax, who was 6ctlon of California into civil war- asked to send a tug. The Veronica | fare. was bound from Bermuda to Hali-| Governor Richardson withstood fax and had been at sea six wecks. |Tépeated appeals for state soldiers to | Inclusion of the words ‘“raider dislodge the ranchers. Jess Hession, pirates” in the radiogragn caused | District Attorney of Inyo county, was | shipping officials o believe that the |In Racramento today to urge the gov- Veroniea had ‘been plundered ernor again to send troops to pre-| hi-jackers. vent bloodshed when the ranchers decided to withdraw. Still Loiter Nearby Even after the closing of ths gates, the ranchers did not leave the aqueduct, seemingly unable to ¢ nd that the hattls was at Only the empty apron of 1 which s or by Geneva Hears Coolidge May rms Conference Ge mor cf utating 20.—The latest ru- in Geneva on the | disarmament question fs that Presi- dent Coolldge will eonv a new arms conference not to meet in n, but somewhere in Eu- repe, perk the Hague. Those clrculating t rumor insist that the government already s sounded the new British government on the enbject. water supply no lon the river bed helow fact that the aquedu; been broken. From outposts had been standing guard, sentinels drifted in toward the camp fires and flung themselv down moments of sleep befors da Im liately eates were to District sion of In rive in an a for tr to iha t deadlock had the here they Washing where for Three Families Overcome By Coal Gas Fumes Today Hartford, Nov Three familiea were overcome by coal gas emanat- ing from a cleeged hot air furnace tenement house at 72 , this morn Nine most of w wete taken unconscious after the con sent Attorney Jess He o county who was to ar- n Francisco today to ma al to Governor Rl 7 ards ing ose ‘ began pre , W not in the mood for slcep arations for today's bar- h was to Beanita om beds in fered eir iltio fume 11 pital in e the poison | D¢ have foast from Peter Le Clair, 66, living on irst floor was removed to & hos- | conc 7 serious condition, ous cele Factories Asked To Help Conserve City Water Supply During Drought; | Avoidable Waste Must Be Prevented Water Commissioners Believe Resources d nt he gates made no f, with t POWER IS SHUT OFF | Waterbury i« Hard Hit. With Trol- ley Stopped and Big Factory Mo- At Standsthl. Nov tors Wate cal p; Can Be Maintained Through Program of Carefulness The this afternoon manufact ¢ has board of water comm notified estat me e {0 mvoid as far as po sary use of city of the cont was m to conserve otiihe t percentage New Britain g he factory meters during the ing day. The water b opinion that much saved if factory workers co The board expresses a be with the pumping station o 24 hours a day the s n be maintained, but also be that avoldable wastes should be guarded against This is the second the water board this sult of the drought commission announced pumping water from Fa cat Brooks is the drought cc and at its request was emy w ply © lieves taken by ck as a ro- Last night the wered to contract for a chlorinating apparatus in the event that this measure is re- sorted to. The water tory owmers today is ¢ hoard's lette s fo nd to ask ing We at em respe procee y you Hazardville Has Fire Doing $15,000 Damages rious departmer ui in as caref as possible at the prese gh to ca the mmission- © main- ely nec ty water t —e £ its use and preven THE WEATHIER Hartford, Nov. 20—Fv for New Britain and vicinity: Fair and warmer tonight; Fri- day increasing cloudiness. reast — |5 Killed In Plymouth, Pa. | of deep blue turquolse. | the Valley of Mexico. , Fire; Lowell’s Center Is Endangered; Seek Pyromaniac In Worcester MARVELOUS RELICS OF ™ ;,‘,OIS;.,; ar THE ANCIENT INDUM. o, S8 g hamuo.. Woman Is Burned Death—Monetary Loss Reaches High Figures, IS Rare Pieces of Jewelry Found in Site of New Mexico City Washington, Nov. 20. - A great array of art objects and domestic utensils shedding light on the life | of an early metropolis of Indlan| Amerlca has been brought to Wash- | ington from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico where Nefl M. Judd has been exploring the Pucblo Bonito a pre- Columblan “apartment house.” Plymouth, Pa, Nov, business section tod dead are Mrs. Martin Sherako, her nicce, Emily Petroski, 11 years old, and three unidentified boarders in the | Snerako home. Another boarder, Edward Alexton, was taken to a The expedition was under direc- | hospital at Wilkes-Barre in a seri- tion of the Natlonal Geographical | ous condition. soclet yand the results today were | The fire, which was of undeter- described as “amazing” by the so- | mined origin, started In the base- clety’s headquarters, One of the | ment of the S8herako boarding house, pleces of jewelry unearthed is a tur- | police sald. The flames, fed by the quolse neckless of 2,500 pleces and [ wooden frame construction of the four pendants. Jewelers expressed | building gained rapid headway and great admiration at the method by |soon spread to six other places. which tH& Indians ground, polished | These included a grocery store, a and bored the tiny pieces, The four | pendants are remarkable specimens Th store and cigar store, and pool room. A number of boarders were car- Other objects of art in the collec- | rled from the burning boarding tlon are perfectly, rounded jet rings | house by Deputy Sheriff Hosey. on which are m#tnted tiny carved | The bodies of Mrs. Sherako and turquoise birds. The mounting was | her niece and the three boarders done with pine gum, which has | were found on the first floor, where lasted through the centuries the |they were evidently attempting an rings lay buried in the pueblo ruins. | escape from the flames when they Some of tha closest woven and |met death. finest specimens of Indian basketry| The loss was estimated at extent were also discovered. His-|than 875,000, torically one of the most important | $175,000 Toss In Lowell. finds was a double basket unlike &Y |y, 01 Mass, Nov. 30.—The en- hitherto discovered and which 18 | 4o fire department of this city bat- expected to furnish clues to plece | yjaq yntil 6 o'clock this morning to out further the habits, customs and | master a fire that at one time threat religlous bellet of the aborigines. |ened to wipe out the heart of t Another plece rescmbled & mod- | flgor of the three-story Prince build- ern woman’s vanity box and a eub- | ings were destroyed with an estimat- stance of reddish clay nearly ap-|ed loss of $175,000, and heavy loss parently was used as a rouge, but | also was caused by water in business more | the explorers believe it was used by | buildings near the scene of the fire. The flames wer men, not women, for their beautifi- | e cation at dramatic religious cere- | Wardell's music store on the upper monies, oflor of the three-story Prince buil There were many pipes, some re- | Ing. Although the cause was not d gembling the large-bowl English termined the firemen believed it was models of tod Others were used | due to defective wiring. A to make elouc bers. There were knives The broad area of communigatio red The of the Bonitans was indicated by | Puliding was practically destroyed objects found in their pueblo which | 2nd also the Kresge bullding ad- must have been brought trom points | 010ing. The burned area extcnded as distant as the Pacific coast and | first noticed in n | stored in the place. through from Merrimack to Middle | streets, and much of the property { was owned by the Lowell general [ hospital From 1:50 ¢ ON HY‘LAN clock when the fire DR]VE was discovered unt! 6 when the | “all out” was sounded all available | Aire apparatus in the eity was con- Move Started Which May Result 10| contrated at the scene. The firemen were handicapped by the bursting of a quantity of new hoss which failed to stand the heavy test. Investigation of the New York | Police Department. i Fire Bug Tn Worcester 20.—Plans for :i campaign e talthe Mt | Worcete been | New York, Nov non-partisan fusion against Mayor Hylan cipal bullding next year i started doincidently with move of John Wirth, republican leader of the beard of aldermen, to arrangs | conference for deciding whether to institute an investigation of the police department. Joseph M. Price, who has led Fu- Nov the raced r end three- Ington strect and he adjoining ) les from sc h the re of ston campaigns in previous elections head of the movement to whip non-partisan forces into shape for 1925 battle. The first meeting eld tonight. In past years 1 s have combined forces 4 to Tammany. The police dapartment was attack- ed by democratic aldermen at Tues days meeting of board Wirth's call for a conference follow ed Pollce Commissioner Enright fenfed that their is graft in t sreement quor and vic TRAIN IS DERATLED Passenger Coaches Go Oft Track At was of nced by on had a shed at the oppo! the has “ia eir in 300 Girls Escape Fire Nov Indian Orchard But No One Is 1, Badly Hurt. Sp passenger train on of the Boston and Ing this Athol, Burned to Death at 86 associates jch was being sent roney was ir at Farm Bad Dire The engine crew mved t before by leaping from the cab engine toppled over. Old | to| stroyed seven frame bulldings in the | tailor shop, meat market, furnitureg, large s in religlous cham- | number of planos and phonographs many kinds of | With & quantity of dry wood used for | Nere ; repairs of these instruments wege|Of his pet dog ea Prince I.\wrage Daily Circulation For ! Week Ending Nov. 15th ... 1 1 ’448 PRICE THREE CENTS BALTIMORE DALY POST IS INDICTED BY GRAND JURY FOR PUBLISHING TAX LIST LONDY SECRETARY T0 BAY STATE SENATOR Brandegee’s Aid to Serve in Similar Capacity for Butler Department of Justice Brings Criminal Ac- tion To Test Right of Newspapers To Print Income Data. | Claim Is Made That Pub- lishing Violated Actions BY GEORGE H. MAKNNING, (Waskington Bureau of N, B, He Washington, D. C., Nov, 2 w. Conn, who was sccretary for the past 12 yeard to the late Senator Frank B of Connecticut, has been sacretary to William M. | Butler of Massachusett elected to the United S to succeed Senator Henry Lodge, it 1s learned. Senator Butler succ: ducted the recent republican ¢ paign, as chairman of RlOn oL tha ivats it can national committee, and intends | ™ oy b it ot to retain that position for the pres- |, ©'® MO0 RO A ent. He is also scheduled to be t i personal representative of Pre 5 Coolidge in the senate Lundy was born in Wa D. C., October 31, 1879. legal resident of New London, home of the late Senator He i a graduate of Ge university, T the position as eecre Brandegee in 1912, Lundy ;vhru-, ars secretary to son W. Aldrich. Lundy is very well | known about the capital and is ac- quainted with most of the people in | official life in Washington. Aftéd the death of Senator . Brandegee, |20 action brought by the govern- Lundy took complete charge of ment to test the legallty of publica- affairs and has since been in New |ton of Income tax returns by news: |London settling up his estate, papers. The indictment, which consists of five counts, zes the company with the “unlawful pu fon” on last October 24 of the names and income tax returns of five men. The inditc t ed the ap ald) | Don Company Has Law — Other Be Lundy of New London, Are to appointe Brought. recently tes senate Cabot o Washingtor ully more D by department judicial Isions § harges that the to obtain tion of conflicting he fncome tax Post printed the ret on incom taxes in violation of section 3167 of jthe revised statutes, despite & warn *{ing given by de nen public ordered, con the treasury ineton inspection wa Claims Unlawful Publication Baltimore, Nov. 20.— The Baiti more Post company,” publisher of the Baltim Daily Post, tor indicted by a federal grand | SAVED BY THEIR DOG 1('!m'em*e, ¥. Y., Family T;\r-zuwd% Prom Burning Home After Canine S Had Aroused Them, Clarence, N. Y., bert Kaiser of Harris here, was awaken cover the in flames. and child night clothes. village, Williamsvi ville were called combat the flams stroyad, with icemayibeo T ns existing ir living room He and t | t altimore D: y G Attorr t to pr return othe r i tments Tuesdays and Fridays To See Tax Returns Hartford. 1 enue Colle i tion in tt pursu p. 1 cause Court Quashes Her $500,000 Libel Suit amford Man Dies After I ) Jeing Struck by \uto an MABFT NORMAND .lv;n\\m Slade Willing to Run for Senate Pl